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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (46.1% of reviews)
Enterprise (50.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Databricks Data Intelligence Platform
Star Rating
(633)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (46.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformIBM Cloud Pak for Data
Star Rating
(88)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (50.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about IBM Cloud Pak for DataSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform excels in data ingestion and wrangling with a score of 8.8, while IBM Cloud Pak for Data shines in data integration with a higher score of 9.0. Reviewers mention that Databricks offers a more intuitive interface for data preparation, making it easier for users to manage large datasets.
- Reviewers mention that Databricks provides superior workflow management capabilities, scoring 9.3 compared to IBM's 8.9. Users on G2 appreciate the seamless integration of workflows within Databricks, which enhances productivity and collaboration across teams.
- Users say that IBM Cloud Pak for Data offers better managed service deployment options, scoring 9.3, while Databricks scores 8.4. Reviewers highlight that IBM's managed services are more robust, providing a smoother experience for enterprises looking to scale their operations.
- G2 users report that Databricks has a more flexible language support feature, scoring 8.7, compared to IBM's 8.5. Reviewers mention that this flexibility allows data scientists to work in their preferred programming languages, enhancing their productivity.
- Users report that IBM Cloud Pak for Data excels in compliance management, scoring 9.0, while Databricks scores 8.4. Reviewers mention that IBM's strong focus on compliance features makes it a preferred choice for organizations in regulated industries.
- Reviewers mention that Databricks shines in real-time analytics with a score of 8.5, while IBM Cloud Pak for Data matches this score. However, users on G2 appreciate Databricks' user-friendly dashboards and visualizations, which make it easier to interpret real-time data insights.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
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IBM Cloud Pak for Data
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.9
517
8.5
47
Ease of Use
8.8
526
8.1
47
Ease of Setup
8.7
399
7.2
26
Ease of Admin
8.3
170
7.6
27
Quality of Support
8.7
492
8.3
42
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
173
8.1
25
Product Direction (% positive)
9.6
505
8.8
47
Features by Category
Reports
7.9
7
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
Data Preparation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Modeling and Blending
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Self Service
7.9
7
Not enough data
7.6
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
Deployment & Integration - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics
8.3
7
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
Performance & Scalability - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics & Modeling - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI Capabilities - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Personalized Intelligence - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Building Reports
8.9
136
Not enough data
8.5
136
Not enough data
7.6
121
Not enough data
8.3
135
Not enough data
Customization
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
8.8
94
Not enough data
8.7
91
Not enough data
9.0
92
Not enough data
8.7
93
Not enough data
Management
8.5
85
Not enough data
8.7
84
Not enough data
8.6
85
Not enough data
8.5
83
Not enough data
8.7
83
Not enough data
Compliance
8.8
92
Not enough data
8.7
91
Not enough data
8.9
90
Not enough data
8.7
90
Not enough data
Security
9.0
82
Not enough data
8.9
83
Not enough data
8.9
83
Not enough data
Data Quality
9.0
92
Not enough data
8.8
91
Not enough data
9.0
89
Not enough data
Maintainence
8.8
82
Not enough data
8.8
81
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.4
80
Not enough data
8.5
79
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Data Governance
8.9
9
Not enough data
9.1
9
Not enough data
9.3
10
Not enough data
8.7
10
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
Management
8.6
169
Not enough data
8.5
163
Not enough data
Functionality
9.1
170
Not enough data
9.2
170
Not enough data
9.1
171
Not enough data
9.0
163
Not enough data
9.1
165
Not enough data
Deployment
8.9
63
Not enough data
8.9
64
Not enough data
8.9
64
Not enough data
8.9
65
Not enough data
8.9
65
Not enough data
Deployment
8.9
61
Not enough data
8.8
62
Not enough data
8.6
65
Not enough data
8.9
65
Not enough data
9.0
65
Not enough data
Management
9.0
62
Not enough data
8.8
63
Not enough data
9.1
59
Not enough data
8.9
67
Not enough data
Operations
8.7
62
Not enough data
8.8
60
Not enough data
9.0
62
Not enough data
Management
8.8
60
Not enough data
8.7
60
Not enough data
9.1
59
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.3
27
Not enough data
8.3
27
Not enough data
Infrastructure Provision
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
8.3
7
Management
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
8.1
8
Functionality
Not enough data
8.3
8
System
8.8
175
9.5
11
Model Development
8.8
180
8.3
8
8.0
186
8.5
8
8.3
183
9.1
9
8.6
185
8.8
8
Model Development
8.5
171
8.5
12
Machine/Deep Learning Services
8.1
172
8.7
9
8.5
177
9.4
8
8.2
168
9.6
8
8.2
171
9.0
7
Machine/Deep Learning Services
8.4
156
9.2
8
8.4
159
9.3
7
Deployment
8.5
175
9.3
9
8.7
178
9.3
9
9.0
182
8.9
9
Generative AI
8.2
86
8.3
5
8.4
86
8.3
5
7.6
85
8.3
5
Agentic AI - Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
9.3
7
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
Data Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.3
5
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Data Fabric
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Management
9.0
180
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
179
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
173
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
178
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
167
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
169
|
Verified
Not enough data
Integration
8.8
166
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
165
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
172
|
Verified
Not enough data
Deployment
7.9
154
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
175
|
Verified
Not enough data
Performance
9.1
175
|
Verified
Not enough data
Security
8.8
165
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
166
|
Verified
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.5
76
Not enough data
8.4
75
Not enough data
Data Management
9.0
66
Not enough data
8.7
66
Not enough data
8.8
67
Not enough data
9.1
64
Not enough data
Agentic AI - DataOps Platforms
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
Analytics
8.8
65
Not enough data
8.5
64
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.6
65
Not enough data
8.5
65
Not enough data
Cloud Deployment
9.1
61
Not enough data
9.0
62
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.9
35
Not enough data
8.9
35
Not enough data
Scalability and Performance - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cost and Efficiency - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration and Extensibility - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security and Compliance - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Usability and Support - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Statistical Tool
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.6
7
Data Analysis
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
9.0
7
Decision Making
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.3
8
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Database
8.7
222
Not enough data
8.9
228
Not enough data
9.3
230
Not enough data
Integrations
8.3
211
Not enough data
9.2
232
Not enough data
Platform
9.0
225
Not enough data
8.8
228
Not enough data
9.2
232
Not enough data
Processing
9.0
224
Not enough data
9.0
223
Not enough data
Data Transformation
8.8
220
8.5
27
|
Verified
9.0
227
9.1
15
|
Verified
Connectivity
8.7
203
8.0
23
|
Verified
9.2
226
8.6
22
|
Verified
9.0
218
8.1
25
|
Verified
9.2
226
8.7
24
|
Verified
Operations
8.4
224
8.7
26
|
Verified
8.8
219
8.9
25
|
Verified
8.6
208
8.4
23
|
Verified
8.6
206
8.8
24
|
Verified
9.3
221
8.7
13
|
Verified
Building Reports
8.9
136
Not enough data
8.5
136
Not enough data
7.6
121
Not enough data
8.3
135
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Databricks Data Intelligence Platform and IBM Cloud Pak for Data are categorized as Big Data Analytics and Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
Unique Categories
Databricks Data Intelligence Platform is categorized as MLOps Platforms, DataOps Platforms, Data Governance, ETL Tools, Big Data Processing and Distribution, Data Warehouse, and Analytics Platforms
IBM Cloud Pak for Data is categorized as Data Fabric, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Predictive Analytics, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Generative AI Infrastructure
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Databricks Data Intelligence Platform
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
14.6%
Financial Services
11.3%
Computer Software
8.1%
Consulting
3.9%
Hospital & Health Care
3.7%
Other
58.4%
Computer Software
12.9%
Information Technology and Services
8.6%
Banking
8.6%
Financial Services
5.7%
Education Management
5.7%
Other
58.6%
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